What Galbraith said is nowhere better illustrated than in the results yielded by the recent presidential elections in Argentina. More than a decade has passed since the Kirchners took power but today the continuity of their regime is threatened by a possible presidential run-off defeat. Nestor Kirchner was first elected president when chaos reigned throughout the country, shortly after the 2001 economic collapse, one of the worst crisis Argentina went through since the restoration of democracy, that led to alarming rates of unemployment and low levels of nutrition, nevertheless he was able to ease the crisis and it was under his leadership that the country was slowly rebuilt. He accomplished this not only because of his undoubted capacity but